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Failed to Create an Instant VM with Windows 2008 R2 as the Recovery Server for VMware or Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V Server

Symptom

The instant VM creation fails and the following error is seen in the job activity log:

Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source.

Solution

This Instant VM fails to get created because the driver of the Instant VM is signed with a secured digital certificate that cannot be supported on Windows 2008 R2, until you apply a patch from Microsoft.

Apply the Microsoft patch 3033929 and try to create Instant VM again.